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    FiestaBar

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Dark Heart, Jul 27, 2008.

  1. Dark Heart

    Dark Heart Notebook Consultant

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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Seems a bit suspicious to me...
     
    Thomas, Jul 27, 2008
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    yep thats adware disguised as a 'useful' program
     
    timtravel42, Jul 27, 2008
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  4. Dark Heart

    Dark Heart Notebook Consultant

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    Yup, the antivirus on that PC (Symantec A.V.) terminated and blocked the program and labeled it adware...
     
    Dark Heart, Jul 27, 2008
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    Serves it right. No matter how many times they fail, they just keep trying.
     
    Jamesy, Jul 28, 2008
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    Baserk Notebook user

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    I thought the first sentence made it kind of obvious...

    "The FiestaBar is unobtrusive software that allows the user to earn money while surfing the web. Stable and resource-efficient, it displays ads from our partners for you to view and sign up. It makes you real money!"

    Unobtrusive software that displays ads to make real money...Sigh.
     
    Baserk, Jul 28, 2008
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